Super Bowl 2013 is history. A game that began looking as if it would be a rout, ended a thrilling — dare we say unforgettable — football game. But how about the 2013 ...
DIRECTOR JOHN McNAUGHTON is back in the horror film business with The Harvest, “the first horror script I’ve been interested in in 25 years,” he says, adding, “it...
When a famous Hollywood movie star returns to his native Chicago in March, the local film industry will have its first informal ambassador to Hollywood, to interest other ...
THIS BEING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, Columbia College’s Feb. 12 Cinema Slapdown (coincidentally Lincoln’s Birthday) debates the “The Help,” an authentic reflection of th...
TODD LOOBY’S FEATURE BE GOOD opens Midwest Independent Film Festival’s 2013 season Feb. 5. The Chicago-made indie, written and directed by Looby, stars Amy Seimetz (of...
Over six-weeks in August and September, Coat of Arms provided editing, sound design, mix, music composition, color correction and delivery on two The Onion shows. They were...
Can it only have been a year since Downtown Partners/Chicago began working on the Illinois Lottery account? My, how time flies. And how dramatically so much has changed — for ...
Richard Dominick, veteran TV show producer, director and writer, most notably known for his 14 years of “The Jerry Springer Show” has made a deal that gives him “what all ...
Hometown girl Jane Lynch (Glee) is being honored as Comedia Extraordinaire at the Chicago Film Critics Association 24th Annual Awards Presentation Saturday, Feb. 9. Muvico ...
Orson Welles is quoted as saying “A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.” Today we have an army of very talented solo players a...
Who hasn’t noticed? Walgreens is undergoing a major sea change. A sea change in operations. A sea change in image. And most definitely a sea change in...
On Monday, just three weeks after agency production executive Tom Cronin stepped in as EVP/manager of Foundation Content, he and 15 others were given notice of the Chicago ...
Marty Rhomberg of Northern Lighting & Power emphasized that “I am not retiring or moving to the Bahamas,” with the sale of his equipment to Essanay Studio & Lighting...
Chicago production had its busiest year ever in 2012. A total of 406 total projects across all visual media shot 1,808 days. This is up 45%, when 391 projects shot 1...
When a record number of Comcast SportsNet Chicago (CSC)regular-season hockey viewers (5.40 rating) watched the Blackhawks Tuesday, they also witnessed a new CSN Chicago pro...
It’s a basic axiom. If advertising campaigns don’t get refreshed, they usually get stale. And when ad campaigns become stale, that usually means consumers become...
Dictionary Films, Cutters’ production arm which went gangbusters in 2012, is headed for a bigger spot in the galaxy of production houses with the addition of one of adve...
It certainly cannot claim to be the world’s largest ad agency. Or even the largest in Chicago. But no matter. Schafer Condon Carter/Chicago can now boast of ...
DIRECTOR KEVIN COOPER of Amarok Productions, who directed the family dog film I Heart Shakey, arguably the first stereoscopic 3D feature made in Chicago, tackles the tough ...
Just when things seem darkest, a ray of light often materializes to indicate all is not lost. And sure enough, that is what has happened at Cramer-Krasselt/Chicago. ...